My grandfather once wrote an article about his own grandfather, a leader of the Orthodox community in largely Reform Cincinnati, noting drily that he was remembered "with affection for his bigotry," i.e. his refusal to be swerved from his religious observance. His "rewards were many," said my grandfather, "but the greatest of them, due directly to his bigotry, was that he had children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to whom the religion is as dear as it was to him."

Dan Klein,Cincinatti-related question, if you happen to know anything about this - I've heard that Rav Leizer Silver allowed swimming on Shabbos in the community Y or JCC in Cincinatti, based on the gemara in Shabbos that "is lei gedudei." Do you know anything about this, and do you know if this is written about anywhere?

I think you once had a piece mentioning that times were often approximated for zmanim . Assuming I looked it up properly shkia was 7:04 in nyc on may 14. Was the custom to not allow for lighting before in listing times